70-YO TB Survivor Is Out on Kolkata Streets Daily, Ensuring No One Goes Hungry
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by Vidya Raja
2M ago
“When I meet my maker I need to have my answers ready and be able to look at him and tell him I did all I could to make a difference ..read more
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Silent Killer: This Unique Initiative Aims To Help 1.6 Million People Battling TB
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by Guest Contributor
2M ago
In November 2018, 50-year-old Nandini (name changed), an HR Executive in a software firm in Bengaluru, found a lump at the back of her neck. She tried traditional ways of ..read more
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Mumbai Startup’s 2-Minute AI Tech Is Revolutionising How India Tackles TB!
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by Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk
2M ago
Of the world’s 10 million people in the world diagnosed with both tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis in 2017, 2.7 million live in India, making us a country with the ..read more
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India Needs to Know: “I Battled TB for 7 Long Years. This is How I Survived.”
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by Guest Contributor
2M ago
I was a carefree 24-year-old architect starting a new job. Seven years later, I am a survivor of Extremely Drug Resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). I battled TB for seven long ..read more
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These 15 Brilliant Achievements Proves 2018 Was The Year Of Indian Scientists!
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by Guest Contributor
2M ago
The year 2018 is ending with spectacular success of Indian scientists and technologists in space and defence sectors, with a series of high impact missions. But that’s not all Indian ..read more
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TB is Harsh Enough Without All The Stigma: Women Survivors Speak Up
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by Guest Contributor
2M ago
“How did the stigma against Tuberculosis (TB) impact you?” I asked her. She didn’t have much to say. As the conversation progressed, and as I interviewed more women about their ..read more
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IISc Scientists Develop Molecules That Can Fight TB More Effectively Than Most Antibiotics
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by Aishhwariya Subramanian
2M ago
The research has been published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ..read more
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TBI Blogs: Suffering From Acute TB and Depression, Sreoshi Bakshi Discovered Solace in a New Passion – Writing
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by YourDOST
2M ago
Lack of support while recovering from a terrible illness can cause further complications. Sreoshi Bakshi suffered the same, but timely intervention by a friend and the discovery of a new passion helped her maintain her fighting spirit ..read more
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Mumbai Chief Medical Officer Uses Local Trains, Even Traffic Jams, to Spread Awareness About TB
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by Aishhwariya Subramanian
2M ago
Dr. Lalitkumar Anande is literally on a one-man mission to spread awareness about latent tuberculosis (TB) in Mumbai ..read more
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TBI Blogs: How One Organisation Is Helping Indians With Extremely Drug-Resistant TB Get the Help They Need
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by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
2M ago
According to WHO’s Global TB report 2015, India has the highest TB burden in the world. For people like Narendra, who develop extremely drug resistant TB, it is vital that new and promising drugs like bedaquiline and delamanid be made easily accessible and affordable ..read more
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